Official 2015 RD results thread

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<p>
[quote]
[noparse]Pick one:
Decision: Accepted
Decision: Waitlisted
Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] SAT I (breakdown):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT I superscore (breakdown):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT (breakdown):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT superscore (breakdown):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT II:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weighted GPA:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] AP (place score in parentheses):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] IB (place score in parentheses):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Number of other RD applicants in your school:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]</p>

<p>[li] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]</p>[/li]
<p>[li] What You Do For Pleasure:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Department at MIT:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] What You Do That's Creative?:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] World You Come From:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Significant Challenge:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Other:[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recommendation #1:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recommendation #2:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Additional Rec:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Interview:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Art Supplement:[/list]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]</p>

<p>[li] Date Submitted App:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] State (if domestic applicant):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Country (if international applicant):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Income Bracket:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]</p>

<p>[li] Strengths:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weaknesses:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:[/noparse]

[/quote]
</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred–>Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] ACT (breakdown):34 (36/35/34/30)
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] SAT II: 800 math2, 750 ush, 720 physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77
[<em>] Weighted GPA:
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): 5/4/4/4
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Rigorous
[</em>] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 0?
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Chess, music
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Political internships[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Chess obv[/li][</em>] Department at MIT: Aero/astro
[<em>] What You Do That’s Creative?:
[</em>] World You Come From: New Mexico
[<em>] Significant Challenge:
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: 2-year math teacher, loved me
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: English teacher, junior+senior, loved me
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: Went well
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Nov 1
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NM
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: High
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy, late father attended[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]</p>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Well, this sucks. MIT was the dream for a long, long time. I thought I would have a shot because my midyear grades were really good. Congrats to everyone that got in.
Edit: Never thought I would cry over something like this but it just started</p>

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<p>Rejected. :/</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2030 (M 770, CR 620, W 640)
[</em>] SAT II: Math II 800, Physics 780, Chemistry 770
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.875
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank (about 230 in graduating class)
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): None taken so far (will take AP Calc BC)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: English 12 (Enriched), Math 12 (Enriched), Physics 12, Chemistry 12, French 12, AP Calc AB, Concert Band, Orchestra (Canada/BC School System; School offers only 1 AP course)
[<em>] Number of other RD applicants in your school: at least 1
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Too lazy to put them here, but I had quite a bit.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer job this past summer
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Bi-weekly volunteering as a teacher’s assistant for a math tutor class[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects): (they’re all meh; I can’t write essays for my life)[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Play clarinet[/li][</em>] Department at MIT: Comp Sci
[<em>] Attribute of Personality?: Helping other people
[</em>] World You Come From: parents trying to teach me Asian values in a Canadian setting
[<em>] Significant Challenge: transition into high school
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Math/Physics: I guess it is pretty good, didn’t see it.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Science/Social Studies: ditto
[<em>] Counselor Rec: ditto
[</em>] Additional Rec: Nope
[<em>] Interview: Yes, it went OK I guess… I was really nervous
[</em>] Art Supplement: Music Supplement, Clarinet[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Dec 31
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Canada (Province: British Columbia)
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Low
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: 100% in 1st term AP Calc AB, good at Math and Physics
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not so great at English
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I wasn’t good enough.
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: Not sure, I’m kinda happy right now.[/ul]</p>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
I guess that I could now focus my attention to deciding which university I should go to in Canada.</p>

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<p>Waitlisted!!
Decision: Waitlisted</p>

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<p>Rejected :(</p>

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<p>Rejected. Sweet.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Not really in the mood for the rest~ I’m honestly surprised that I was waitlisted. I thought I was going to be completely rejected, so I guess this is a good thing~ or not… </p>

<p>Good Luck to Everyone Else~</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (CR 800 M 800 W 750)
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2400
[<em>] SAT II: Math 2 800, Chem 800, USH 750
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parentheses): CS (4) Chem (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP French, AP Government, AP Economics, Physics H, Money and Banking, AP Calculus BC, Chemistry Lab Assistant
[</em>] Number of other RD applicants in your school: too many to count
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nationally 2nd place for E-Business website programming, two State Championships in website development competition[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): FBLA (Exec VP, National Regional Dir of Social Media, fmr. Dir. of Tech); own 501c3 foundation (President and Founder); international website and graphics development firm with the UN as a client (Exec Director); Website Development Club (President and Founder); Intern at financial applications startup; Intern at image compression algorithms startup; Business Consultant for French Honor Society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: See above
[li] Volunteer/Community service: 1 year of Octagon, 1 year of Interact, started own 501c3[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects): Creative writing (7); CompSci (7); My non-profit (8); My view of California from a Silicon Valley perspective (9); Running school orientation (7)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Chem teacher of 3 years; 10
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: French teacher of 3 years; 10
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No clue. I got a special interview with the Asst. Principal so maybe 7-8?
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: Pretty well, the interviewer’s son was in the Chem section I TA for so we talked a lot about Chem and the US edu system
[li] Art Supplement: None[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: RD deadline
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Upper-middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Everything against me lol[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: A lot of things
[</em>] Weaknesses: I’m Asian, I’m male, I want to do CS, I live in Silicon Valley…and > 20 other people applied to MIT from my school
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See above weaknesses lol
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: Move to Compton? No idea. My school is too good and it makes me look bad[/ul]</p>

<p>**Other Factors: Aff act >:[ **
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congrats to everyone who got in; hoping to be on the other side of Cambridge in a few days</p>

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<p>I have not been offered admission.</p>

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<p>I’ve been rejected for the 2011 Fall term.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): w:600, cr:630 m:760
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 1990
[<em>] ACT (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] SAT II: 800 mII, 790 chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 91/100
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):n/a
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses):
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[</em>] Number of other RD applicants in your school:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Canada college bowl provincial winner two years in a row
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: tutor (paid)
[li] Volunteer/Community service:Tutor(volunteer)[/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure:7[/li][</em>] Department at MIT:8
[<em>] What You Do That’s Creative?:8
[</em>] World You Come From:9 thought it was good
[<em>] Significant Challenge: 9
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1:didnt read
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2:didnt read
[<em>] Counselor Rec:didnt read
[</em>] Additional Rec:none
[<em>] Interview:thought it went great
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: dec 15th
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):Canada
[</em>] School Type:public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 150k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:interview, some of my essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: sat writing and cr score
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not good enough i guess
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: The TOEFL instead of the sat 1[/ul]</p>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Wish you all luck and have fun!, Might see you in grad school!</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred –> Wait Listed</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 800 CR 750 M 730 W
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2280 800 CR 750 M 730 W
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): 36 (36 math, 35 English, 36 Reading, 35 Science, 9 Essay)
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): 36 (36 math, 35 English, 36 Reading, 35 Science, 9 Essay)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math Level 2, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 800 US History, 700 French Reading only
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.5
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not ranked
[li] AP (place score in parentheses): 6 5’s[/li]5 AP Physics B
5 AP Calc BC
5 AP Chemistry
5 AP Biology
5 APUSH
5 AP Euro</p>

<p>[<em>] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Psych, Honors Neuroscience, Economics, Multivariable Calculus, Differential Equations and Linear Algebra at local university
[<em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics team (11, 12): Pretty successful team.
College robotics (11, 12): A robotics team that competes at an annual robotics challenge (think DARPA Grad challenge). Really awesome.
Swimming (9,10,11,12): Pretty much a fail hahaha >.<
Technical Theater (9,10,11,12): Part class part EC. Design the sets for all the school productions.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
Research (12): Did paid research at local university over the summer full time. Pretty successful.
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Only mentioned a community service project I run annually and being a part of an official club at my school that runs all community service on campus. [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Building a bench 8[/li][</em>] Department at MIT: Course VI of course 6
[<em>] Personality: My sense of humor (with puns) 5
[</em>] World You Come From: Me being an immigrant from an unnamed country 6
[<em>] Significant Challenge: Not getting a robotics internship last summer 7
[</em>] Other: Submitted abstract of my research[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Awesome 10
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Also awesome 10
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Amazing 10
[</em>] Additional Rec: research mentor 10
[<em>] Interview: I think went well 8
[</em>] Art Supplement: N/A[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 11/1/10
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] School Type: Private 110/class
[</em>] Ethnicity: White<br>
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: High
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Being awesome (I wish lol)[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Numbers, some interesting ECs I think
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essays probably could have been better, didn’t do much in 9th and 10th grade, not many leadership positions
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:

  1. Put more time into essays
  2. Structured my EC’s from 9th and 10th grade differently
  3. Hacked the MIT campus before I had even got accepted :smiley: [/ul]</p>

<p>Other Factors:
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: **
Even though I am glad that there is still a chance I could go to MIT, I’m still sad I wasn’t accepted.</p>

<p>Congratulations to everyone accepted!</p>

<p>I’m really sorry to those of you who got rejected but I know that we will all still be sucessful without MIT</p>

<p>No matter how much the head tried to convince the heart, I still had hope.</p>

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<p>Pick one:</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2090 - 750 Math, 730 Writing, 610 Reading (ouch! haha)
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): Same as above
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): 32 - 33 English, 35 Math, 31 Reading, 30 Science
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): 33 - 34 English, 36 Math, 31 Reading, 30 Science
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.8
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1%
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): US Government (5), Computer Science A (5), English Lang (5), World History (4), Calculus BC (5), Physics C: M (5), Chem, Art History, Lit
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Art History, AP Lit, AP Chem, Multivariable Calc, Yearbook Journalism (EIC)
[</em>] Number of other RD applicants in your school: I think around 4
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Quiz Bowl (Captain for 3 Years, 25th in Nation), Cross Country, Track, Yearbook (Editor-in-Chief), Piano, Improv
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Intern at NIST, Tutoring for underpriveleged kids
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Helping at churches, special olympics, etc. (560 hours)[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Running (I’d say around a 8)[/li][</em>] Department at MIT: Mech Engineering (9)
[<em>] What You Do That’s Creative?: I forget, haha. (So I’m guessing a 7?)
[</em>] World You Come From: 10 (I really liked this one)
[<em>] Significant Challenge: 9 (I liked this one too)
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: AP Physics Teacher. Awesome.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: AP English Teacher. Awesome as well.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure, but I guess an 8 out of 10.
[</em>] Additional Rec: NIST Mentor, AP Calc teacher, Principal (All excellent)
[<em>] Interview: Around a 7 (Hey, I was nervous, lol)
[</em>] Art Supplement: None[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Oct. 30
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[</em>] School Type: Public (c. 2000 Students)
[<em>] Ethnicity: White. Tears.
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Relatively high.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Sadly, none. Second gen college, no parents went there, and I’m white.[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, Leadership, Recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: My race, my gender, my SAT Reading
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: To be honest, so many amazing people apply to MIT that I’m almost convinced that it’s just a luck of the draw. Although my race certainly didn’t help me, IMO. Affirmative action FTW?
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: Nothing; this was the best I could do.[/ul]</p>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:All I can say is, congrats to those who got in. I gotta say I’m not too disappointed that I didn’t get in because I have great choices at Michigan and UVA, so I’m definitely not worried about my future. Going to MIT would’ve been great, but I guess it wasn’t meant to be.</p>

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<p>Pick one:
Decision: Deferred > Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
ACT (highest composite w/breakdown): 35
SAT II: 800s in Math II and Physics
Weighted GPA: 4.087 :frowning:
AP (place score in parentheses): 5s in Calc AB, Compsci AB, Physics B, 3 in US History
Senior Year Course Load: Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Physics and Nanotechnology.
Number of other EA applicants in your school: A lot. EA + RD = ~80
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Grand prize winner of the Popular Science National School Inventors Challenge</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Radio Controlled Model Club (presided/founded), Amateur Radio Club (secretary, activities director), Team America Rocketry Challenge (secretary), Botball Robotics
Job/Work Experience: Internship, worked on a UAV
Volunteer/Community service:
Boy Scouts for 9 years</p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Teacher Recommendation #1: Robotics/Automation
Teacher Recommendation #2: History
Counselor Rec: Yes
Additional Rec: Principal
Interview: Yes</p>

<p>Other
Date Submitted App: 11/30
State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
School Type: Public Magnet
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Other
Science Fair, 1st place in school and regional, $800 in scholarships, provisional application for a patent on the device
National finalist team for rocketry</p>

<p>Probably the lowest weighted GPA admitted from my school, and I got a 3 from the AP History that I got a rec from. So never give up!</p>

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<p>Deferred—>Rejected</p>

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<p>Pick one:
Decision: Deferred->Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 750 (M) 770 (W) 660 (CR) (2180)
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): 35 W 34 M 32 R 31 S (33 Composite)
[<em>] SAT II: 790 Math II, 750 Bio M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[<em>] Weighted GPA: N/A
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): N/A
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[li] Senior Year Course Load: All College level courses</p>[/li]
<p>Other[list]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: October
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100-200k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] Did some research.</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My GPA and workload, Research, Band Experience
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test Scores, Essays
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays D:
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]
None, I Regret Nothing. Looking forward to Ivies and other schools :slight_smile:
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
Good luck to everyone else that got rejected :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (800 math, 780 CR, 800 writing)

  • ACT (breakdown): n/a
  • SAT II: 800 math II, 800 Bio M, 760 Physics
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
  • Weighted GPA: 5.2
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/592
  • AP (place score in parentheses): Statistics, Latin Literature, US History, Comp Sci A, English Language, Psychology, Biology (all 5s, Latin Lit mostly self-studied)
  • IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
  • Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, AP Latin Vergil, Spanish 4 Honors
  • Number of other applicants in your school: one
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
    </code></pre>

<p>not too much…NMSF, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, some regional math and latin awards</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Freethought Society (founder & president), Gay-Straight Alliance (founding member), Math Club (VP), Tutoring, XC (JV, 3 years) and Track (Varsity, 4 years), Piano (11 years)

  • Job/Work Experience: Summer Internship at Clemson University
  • Volunteer/Community service:
    </code></pre>

<p>unfortunately not much Relay for Life every year, did a volunteer town trash pickup one year</p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):</p>

<pre><code>* Essays (Include Subjects):
o What You Do For Pleasure: playing piano (8)
o Department at MIT: physics and linguistics (8)
o What You Do That’s Creative?: helping & working with others (9)
o World You Come From: how my parents encouraged me to learn (7)
o Significant Challenge: school principal opposed to posters for Darwin Day celebration for freethought (10)
o Other:
sending in a writing portfolio for RD

  • Teacher Recommendation #1: Chem teacher, Ph.D., known for 3 years, Math Club sponsor, said it was excellent
  • Teacher Recommendation #2: English teacher, known for 3 years, awesome
  • Counselor Rec: no idea, I come from a large school & there’s not much individual attention
  • Additional Rec: from research mentor, who was an MIT Ph.D. grad
  • Interview: pretty good, lasted an hour, got along well
  • Art Supplement:
    </code></pre>

<p>thought about music, gonna send in writing now</p>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Date Submitted App: sometime in mid-October, wish I had waited longer

  • State (if domestic applicant): South Carolina (bleh)
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: Male
  • Income Bracket: about 70,000
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
    </code></pre>

<p>not really</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: recommendations, freethought society was unique, pretty good essays

  • Weaknesses: lack of major hook, not enough volunteering
  • Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: my high school, despite being large and pretty rich, doesn’t care about academic extracurriculars…I had no idea that science olympiads and such even existed until this year
  • What would you have done differently?:
    </code></pre>

<p>put a bit more time into essays, submitted portfolios</p>

<p>Other Factors: probably don’t stand out enough compared to other applicants
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:</p>

20

<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] ACT (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>] Weighted GPA:
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses):
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[</em>] Number of other RD applicants in your school:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure:[/li][</em>] Department at MIT:
[<em>] What You Do That’s Creative?:
[</em>] World You Come From:
[<em>] Significant Challenge:
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1:
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2:
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview:
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App:
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type:
[<em>] Ethnicity:
[</em>] Gender:
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]</p>

<p>Other Factors:
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: **</p>

<p>I will add more stuff later when I calm down :)</p>